Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-30
Times and Doings in Honduras

The following interesting letter Te ceived by Hou. c. R. Drake, has besI kindly furnished the CITIZEN for pub!i- eaton. The writer, E. J. Williams, was the original discoverer of the Bullion nine, qniotoa district. Fired by gold. en reports from HOBdufus he with inc companions named in the letter. went there to seek his fortune. The result has not bsen satisfactory. Possibly thls pabiicatIon' may deter others from sn!pwreck On tine same shoal: SANTA LUCIA, HONDURAS, June 2Jth, 1887. !
 I have been prospecting ever since I have been ln the country, Tn sectlou where l could neither send nor receive mail, therefore l could not write sooner
 At pressn; 1 am located ht Santa Lu- cia, where l expect to reuaain for some tune to come. i am working for wages at S3 Jo per day. ID a mine owned by a New York company. They have been working here for year or more, and Gs tar as | can understand, they have not struck gDy ore that is worth any thing vel, although they have done s great desl of work,
 This place iS a53nt Ia abOu. eight niles from TeguCigslpG, the capital of .le .si8nd. Honduras Is a very noun tsini0us county A large portion of it is very brashy 1cd covered with soil Uh.Ua makes 1t hard 70 prospect io. QuA..z mines. Al the mines n tuls .u1ltgy were discovered years 6<o. Jy t-e 1psuIsrds and from that 1 c,n see l. uas been welt pEcsPee,sd.
 4ae Son Jlauc.t0 mines Rle tle only ooer 'hst are Fayiug ln sA Honduras aI4 iEey are god oel ond any doubt.
 As to gold digglnEs here gold is found iG many localities. but have not seen a place yet that would pay white man L. work. The women do aii the gold 'ashiuR and are satisfied If they make from one to two tits per day, and of o urse q white man could nos live ou -.at.
 Ism well satisfied that there IS noth- ing Co be made ID mining here and am willing 10 quIt this country just as soon as ] caE do so with convenience to n.y. sgli.
 do not wish to see any friends of mi-e come to this Untry, in fact 10 man If he be white for ii l. ihe hardest country for a man to make anything or get anything tO eat in that ! ever saw, and ss 10 climate 1 think Arizona is by far superior to thls country. l know where there are better gold diggings In Pima county. la!though lucy are dry) than l have eye- iClni or seen iu tals country.
 Jack Zimmerman and Jasper HilUurn are with me. They are both vel; FEtis fed to leave the country.
 The rainy season hss set la and IL rains a greater portion # The which makes IL very disl--eeAa.a. Although We are living n c good house cur bed ing and clothing are damp al the tim !, and there are more insects here Than ID any country 1 ever saw. They ara aeon ;Inual annoyance. both day Sud night. The people d. very lI.ilr farming. They raise corn. rice. beans and suyBrcauo Gr q very small quantity l assure you. fhs natives are very lazy and are mi=eTa- hle looking people. Provisions o' all k,nds gre very desr here and E' so Tory scsTce We Asve bal veIy good b-alth since our arrival here, although it is very unhealthy country.
 Black poSder is worth Sl per IoCnd hera and Giant is worth Sl 70. Clothing and shoes gre ssry dear. The Hanaur i.n dollar is worth about sevcniy-siX cent m American money.
 I wish that You would write ue soon Rs possible and give me the news oi the country and how Qu1otos turned out.
 How l. the O!ive camp turning ont!
 Give Frank NoytOn my kiDdest re gards, | will write to him shortly. Ad- dreFs your letters to Tegucigalpa. Let me hear from yo1 soon. am very
 Respectfully yours,
 EDWARD J. WILLIAMS.